Action · October 3, 2019

The Wild Eight (2019)

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The mysterious plane crash was only the beginning. Eight survivors are stranded in the middle of an unforgiving frozen wilderness of Alaska. Don’t let it consume you. Find out the truth. Survive and live to tell the tale of The Wild Eight. In The Wild Eight, always be on the move — it is your only way to survive and find out what happened with this mysterious place. It is a challenging and fun game designed for both teamwork multiplayer and an immersive single-player experience. Explore and Survive Embark on an adventure into the ruthless arctic wilderness and uncover the truth behind a mysterious plane crash that left its surviving passengers to die. Cooperate Join with other players online (up to 8 players in one party) or begin the dangerous journey on your own. Hunt or Be Hunted Gather resources, craft and improve your equipment at the camping site, escape blizzards and fight deadly beasts that lurk in the woods. Loot Find supernatural anomalies, strange laboratories and abandoned facilities, full of useful loot and things that don’t belong to this world.

Action releases from 2019

192 Action titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Survival · 598
  • Open World Survival Craft · 520
  • Multiplayer · 413
  • Open World · 353
  • Mystery · 346
  • Co-op · 337
  • Adventure · 316
  • Crafting · 282
  • Online Co-Op · 235
  • Sandbox · 203
  • Indie · 187
  • RPG · 169
  • Action · 169
  • Atmospheric · 155
  • Singleplayer · 155

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.9k Steam reviewsTop 46% in Action
Positive rating68% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 89%
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 56% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Turkish

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Remote Play on TV

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“It's simple to pick up and play, easy to control, has a wonderful soundtrack, with this gorgeously sparse aesthetic to boot.” Destructoid “I love the art style, the world looks great” PCgamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

25

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

68%Mixed · 7.9k reviews

5.4k positive · 2.5k negative

Curator recommendations

6.7k

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 3, 2019
DeveloperEight Points
PublisherHypeTrain Digital
Base price$3.74 -85%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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